CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) creates software that fuels transformation for companies and enables them to seize the
opportunities of the application economy.
Software is at the heart of every business, in every industry. From planning to development to management and security, CA is working with companies worldwide to change the way we live, transact and communicate—across mobile, private and public cloud, distributed and mainframe environments.

My name is Jonathan McCaffrey and I work on the infrastructure team here at Riot. This is the first post in a series where we’ll go deep on how we deploy and operate backend features around the globe. Before we dive into the technical details, it’s important to understand how Rioters think about feature development. Player value is paramount at Riot, and development teams often work directly with the player community to inform features and improvements. In order to provide the best possible player experience, we need to move fast and maintain the ability to rapidly change plans based upon feedback. The infrastructure team’s mission is to pave the way for our developers to do just that - the more we empower Riot teams, the faster features can be shipped to players to enjoy.

This white paper discusses the important issues related to email and Office 365 continuity and offers recommendations for decision makers to consider as they develop their continuity plans. The paper also provides a brief overview of Mimecast, the sponsor of this paper, as well as their relevant solutions.

Prophix gives you a clear picture of all your operational costs and connects them with key factors that are driving your revenues. That increased line-of-sight is made possible because Prophix tracks and monitors all day-to-day operational planning activities. Improving operational outcomes for the short-term and providing insights into your future operations

Integrated financial planning with Prophix breaks down the silos and fosters collaboration, giving you a more complete picture of your organization to make more informed and accurate decisions for long-term strategic planning.

Retail company, Media Markt, deployed Riverbed Cascade® for complete network and application visibility. Media Markt also implemented a WAN optimization solution from Riverbed which reduced backups from hours to minutes. Media Markt has recently opened up retail stores in China and plans to open up many more across the country. The Riverbed solutions will enable the company to quickly and easily identify and fix problems across its network and scale its backup systems without compromising data backup speeds.

How to effectively troubleshoot your VDI deployment Virtual desktop infrastructure has come a long way since the first steps were taken a decade ago to run desktop workloads in the data center.
While more pervasive today, VDI technologies are latency-sensitive, and wholly dependent on the network. Complaints of poor end-user experience persist, especially over the WAN at branch offices where bandwidth constraints and latency delays are common.
But there is a way to ensure consistent and reliable VDI performance to deliver:
Reduced downtime
Faster troubleshooting
Improved SLAs
Enhanced planning and control
Read this brief to learn how the Riverbed® Cascade® application-aware network performance management (NPM) solution unlocks VDI visibility.

Effective IT planning and decision making are dependent upon having a complete asset inventory and an accurate understanding about dependencies available before, during and after IT change activities. Application discovery and dependency mapping (ADDM) solutions automate the process of discovering and mapping transactions and applications to the underlying infrastructure and application interdependencies. Learn how Riverbed Cascade’s built-in application discovery and dependency mapping capabilities can help you shorten project times and mitigate risk.

This paper outlines practical steps that include clear methodologies, at-a-glance calculators and tools, and a comprehensive library of reference designs to simplify and shorten your planning process while improving the quality of the plan.

This IDC Buyer Case Study reviews how Cobb EMC, a regional not-for-profit electric utility company serving the greater Atlanta metropolitan area, addressed evolving IT infrastructure requirements with flash storage technology to improve performance and substantially improve IT efficiencies. This Buyer Case Study explores what drove Cobb EMC's initial interest in flash, how flash deployment has evolved in the company's environments, how the deployment has impacted its business, and what future plans exist for AFAs at Cobb EMC.

DevOps cuts deep and wide through industries, company sizes, and technology environments. Yet, DevOps is never done — it’s about continual learning and improvement rather than an end state.
Puppet is here to help. We draw on the success stories and lessons learned at organizations that are already driving improved performance and better business outcomes with their DevOps initiatives.
This handbook captures five essential phases for mapping out a DevOps journey:
1. Build the business case for DevOps.
2. Address the biggest challenges to DevOps success.
3. Develop a performance-driven team structure.
4. Choose the right Tools and processes.
5. Plan your key implementation phases.

This Panaya whitepaper explores methodologies and best practices for achieving IT agility for critical enterprise applications (ERP) in the era of digital transformation. It provides a unique perspective about how to increase IT velocity while minimizing IT risk and ensuring quality in a traditional IT environment.

But by following the five steps outlined in this white paper, marketers can more easily bridge the gap between budget and bottom line.
1. Plan ahead to align organization with strategy
2. Gain an expanded view of your marketing spend
3. Develop valuable content
4. Distribute content through the right channels at the right time
5. Track - and adjust - your performanc

Digitalization brings both new opportunities and confusion to even the most carefully planned selection processes for WCM. CIOs and IT leaders aiming to boost the effectiveness of their digital business strategy should use this document to help them select the most appropriate vendor and solution. Download to learn more.

This new Harvard Business Review Analytic Services report sponsored by Workday explores companies’ strongest catalysts for change, as well as desired business outcomes. The study looks at how the C-suite is driving successful change within the midmarket and integrating systems to improve planning and collaboration.

This report is intended to serve as a guide to an effective digital banking conversion/change management plan. From your initial kickoff meeting to post-launch, you’ll learn about the key components required for success. The framework is the result of interviews with Q2 personnel who have been personally involved in thousands of hours of digital banking conversions, across hundreds of FIs, with every major core banking system on the market over the course of the past twenty years.

Several years into the app economy, business has changed. Accelerating product cycles and competitive threats now demand continuous planning. Change is constant and managing it is more important than ever. As a result, companies that for years have taken a traditional approach to managing initiatives are moving rapidly to implement agile business practices. And they’re seeing results, in the form of improved quality, faster delivery of value, reduced development costs and increased customer satisfaction.
But this transition also creates new challenges and responsibilities for the project management office (PMO). In fact, the success of the transformation often hinges on the PMO’s ability to expand the underlying concepts of the agile development methodology into a companywide ethos¬—a concept known as business agility.

For decades, corporate social responsibility (CSR) plans have been used by companies in varying degrees to participate in select charities and causes; however, in recent years, CSR strategies have evolved as an important way for businesses to connect with their communities, demonstrate commitment to core values and deliver on brand promises.

"With the number of vulnerabilities on the rise, and their severity increasing, how can you identify the biggest cyber threats to your business – and know what to fix first?
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If you’re looking for answers to questions like “Where should we prioritize based on risk?” and “Which vulnerabilities are likeliest to be exploited?” this quick read is an excellent way to get started. Download the free ebook now."

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